Leo P. Carlin

Leo P. Carlin (12 August 1908-17 December 1999) was Mayor of Newark, New Jersey from 1953 to 1962, succeeding Ralph A. Villani and preceding Hugh Joseph Addonizio.

Biography
Leo P. Carlin was born in Newark, New Jersey in 1908, one of 22 children born to his father and his two wives. He served on the New Jersey General Assembly before serving as president of the Newark Board of Education, as president of Teamsters Local 478, and as Mayor of Newark from 1953 to 1962. His political machine was defeated by reform candidate Hugh Joseph Addonizio in 1962, and he died in Avon-by-the-Sea, Monmouth County in 1999.